136 Quotes by Jimmy Smits

Nurturing a project from the ground floor is something I've been wanting to do.

You gotta find that hook so everybody can grab on to it. So that you're true to the culture but, at the same time, how it relates to the larger tapestry.

I used to wear sneakers with those nice suits because I wanted Victor Sifuentes to have a bounce in the courtroom.

The Latino population has become such a presence. We are part of the American tapestry in a very profound way, in every area you can think of, and are very significant in popular culture.

I'm happy that just about on every other show there's a Latino somewhere present, and we're not all the cooks anymore.

What we need to focus on is not that we're not nominated, but that we have many more Latinos that are in prominent positions on shows all across the dial than ever before.

I work out, but I'm not doing it specifically because I show my butt on TV.

My career aspirations as an actor have always been driven foremost by the creative desire to be versatile.

Women think the people that I play are smoldering and dangerous. I look in the mirror, and I go, 'I don't get it.'